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Friday, May 9, 2014

Sepia Saturday: One Wicker Chair

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family
history through old photographs.

This week’s Sepia Saturday photo prompt depicts children
at play in the garden. Their wicker
furniture is out on the grass, not protected by a brick patio or wooden deck as
is the custom today. Wicker was truly “lawn
furniture.” Judging by the photos handed
down to me, my great grandmother Mary Theresa Sheehan Killeen Walsh had one
piece of lawn furniture: a wicker
chair. Count ’em. One.

The chair provided a good spot for picture-taking.

Helen is holding her nephew John Holland,
my great-grandmother's first grandchild.
I'm not sure who the other girls are,
but Helen captioned this "The Gang" - 1918

Helen captioned this
"Nora the Cook," but was she
really a cook? It looks like
Helen's oldest sister Aunt Lil.
Maybe it's a joke??

Helen captioned this "Brothers"
but I don't know who they are.

Helen 1918

Helen Killeen and
John Holland 1918

It also came in handy as a ladder.

Helen Killeen captioned this
"High Notions"
about 1920

To see who else is playing in the garden, please visit
Sepia Saturday.

42 comments:

What always surprises me about our old sepia posts is that I look at pictures of other families from many different lands and I see the same faces and the same settings (wicker furniture and all). We all have so much more that unites us than could ever possibly divide us.

The Family Photo Chair.....looks like a Family Tradition. Also, a chair of multiple uses as a ladder and prop for the cook! Great pictures...perfectly applied to the Saturday prompt.Sue at CollectInTexas Gal

Your wicker chair is like our Knott's Berry Farm photos. While we don't always take pictures of other places, it seems to be our photo spot. Great photos of the wonderful chair and of course, the people too.

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